I composed a post in Firefox all about how I have this awesome audition this afternoon. Then, when I tried to publish it, Firefox hung for ten minutes before it crashed. I've been spoiled by stability, so I didn't do the ctl-c that was so pretty much automatic a few years ago... so here's the tl...

I remember you told me about it at SDCC a decade ago and I've been a regular reader ever since. I also remember turning into a total fanboy and, experiencing a brief inability to speak, I put my "Star Trek Companion" book in front of you to sign. After which you did graciously autograph (at no charge I might add)my book and broke the ice enough for me to ask what you have been working on lately. The rest in history, most of which is documented here. It's been an awesome journey so far. Thank you for this Wil!

So, while I'm putting together the last few things I need to take to PAX, I realized I forgot to mention something: ten years ago yesterday, I started my blog at WWdN*. Ten years ago today, Metafilter declared that it was "lame,"** and most of the Internet was really shitty to me about the whole...

So io9 did this thing called the 10 Suckiest Fake Video Games That People Play In Science Fiction. Spoiler Alert: The Game from, uh, The Game is number one. 1) Suckdisk from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Actually, we don’t remember this game having an actual name on the show, but “suckdisk” f...

So io9 did this thing called the 10 Suckiest Fake Video Games That People Play In Science Fiction. Spoiler Alert: The Game from, uh, The Game is number one. 1) Suckdisk from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Actually, we don’t remember this game having an actual name on the show, but “suckdisk” f...

Hey Wil, I saw you, Ryan and Adam Savage at a private party outside the Hilton after The Guild panel Saturday. My first impulse was to approach you guys and say hello or at least yell "Great Wootstock Show Guys!!" but I saw you and Ryan were having quality time so I went into fox grill and toasted Wootstock and Comic-con over a Stone IPA. Anyways!!...Great show this year. Can't wait till the next one.

Pretty much all of Comicon was awesome. However, there was one thing that was decidedly not awesome, and though I had initially decided not to talk about it in public, it's bothered me since it happened, so I wrote about it on G+ earlier today. I'm cross posting it here, though, because it's imp...

Ordered the printed copy yesterday. While I was there I read the preview for the zombie story and was immediately drawn in. Can't what to find out what happens to the characters. Awesome stuff Wil! Keep it up!

This is one of the scariest things I've ever done: I'm releasing a short collection of short fiction, called The Day After and Other Stories. Last year, I collected a few short stories I'd written and sold them as a chapbook at PAX. It was a scary thing for me to do, because while I feel confide...

I love these alignment charts that are currently going around the Internets at the speed of meme; it isn't very often that D&D and pop culture references overlap, after all. As you can imagine, I especially love this one: There are several other charts at Mighty God King, where they're in the ...

And I am having the best birthday, ever! Thank you to everyone who has wished me happy birthday on the Twitters, and if July 29th is your birthday too, happy birthday to you! (Image by Chuck Gamble, found at WIRED's GeekDad blog.)

Yesterday, I got an e-mail from John Scalzi, reminding me that my Unicorn Pegasus Kitten fanfic is due on Saturday ... I'm going to skip the part about how I began to hyperventilate at the thought of actually turning something in to John that people are going to read and OH MY GOD THEY'RE ALL GO...

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito! It's a very brief episode this week, because I've just been too busy to cook up a proper burrito. Show Notes: The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc! Radio ...

Last night, I stood in front of the open refrigerator and thought to myself, "You know what would go good with this vegetarian chili? That Oaked Arrogant Bastard!" I reached for it, applying my -3 DEX modifier, like you do. A minute later sent the following text message to Anne: "Hey, we're out ...

The Memories of the Futuremug makes an appearance in Stellar Cartography: Isn't the perspective of the mug and the projector cool? (Thanks to dotsandlines for taking and sharing this picture at flickr)

Wil,
I know I'm not the first to say this but it's these kinds of stories that have kept me coming back here for years now. Since the first time you told me about this blog at SDCC many years ago I've been checking in almost every day. Of course, I've enjoyed all variety of what you post here and other places, but it's after reading pieces like this that I'm left in amazement as to how accurately you bring to life the details of the world you are conveying to us. I drive up to LA from SD at least 3 times a year for various reasons. I've been in the exact same traffic you describe here and as I read this I can almost smell the carbon monoxide. At least next time I'll be better equipped with knowledge of a strategy to ward off the frustration that comes with sitting in a linear parking lot. Thanks Wil!

Someone, I think it was Shane Nickerson, recently recalled the apocryphal advice given to people who choose to come live in Los Angeles: this city sucks, so if you're going to live here, you should at least love what you do... I got into Hollywood at 11 yesterday morning, and came back out at 7:...

In place of one of those posts about how I really want to sit down and write but have suddenly found myself too busy to actually sit down and write, I offer a picture of a gnome: I took this picture months ago, and just came across it this morning. Do you see how this Gnome is looking expecta...

Whoa! As a long time WWDN reader it's interesting and strange to read these "year in review" posts and remember where I was and how I felt when I read them at the time they were first posted throughout this year. The grief I felt for you when Ferris died. The amazement when you pointed out after finding the "Stand by Me" pic how all of you became in life the very characters you portrayed in the movie. The joy I got out of listening to "Memories of the Futurecast". Strange....and yet very cool. Thanks Wil

Something something rearview mirror blog posts 2009. This is continued from part three. I told the world what happens when you feed a dog chocolate while he wears a tinfoil hat in the microwave. My friend Mike (@cwgabriel) and I engaged in the great retweeting madness of 2009, which I totally wo...

Holy crap! It's time for Memories of the Futurecast. Memories of the Future, Volume One, covers the first 13 episodes of TNG, so each week, I'm choosing something from one episode, and performing an excerpt for you. It will mostly be from the synopses, which is where I think the real humor of th...

Hey Wil, On a completely different note. I'm currently listening to the "War of the Worlds" thing that you, Brent, Gates, and Leonard Nimoy did for L.A. Theatre Works. Sorry your plane was shot down. Very heroic of you to go in for a Kamakazi tactic. Fun stuff!

When I wrote my w00tstock post, I totally forgot to mention that we put some video interludes into the show, to make sure that we were giving the maximum A/V Club experience to the audience. There were some very funny shorts, including Mister Bungle getting the Riff Trax treatment, the credits f...

OMG!! Dude!!...I had no idea that was you! Are you in the credits because I sat through the credit all of the 4 times I saw Star Trek in the theatre and I never saw you're name. I love the movie and knowing this makes it totally so much more awesome....Getting the DVD as soon as it comes out. Ordering Memories of the future at this very moment...well...as soon as I post this. Loving the Podcasts.
Thanks Wil

Back in the old days, before Twitter exploded into the phenomenon that it is now, I got a message from Greg Grunberg. Greg plays Matt Parkman on Heroes (this information, which most of you don't need, is provided as a public service to the seven of you who do), and has been in every JJ Abrams pr...

Wil, These just keep getting better and better each week. This one was one of my favorites on TV Squad and as I mentioned last week, these podcasts are loaded with extra funny. Love this! Thank you! BTW, If you haven't checked for awhile you and Anne are about $400 shy of your goal for Ferris already. That's pretty fucking awesome I'm say

Hey look! It's Monday, and that means it's time for a new Memories of the Futurecast. Memories of the Future, Volume One, covers the first 13 episodes of TNG, so each week, I'm choosing something from one episode, and performing an excerpt for you. It will mostly be from the synopses, which i...

Wil, These podcasts are AWESOME!! I know the book will be great because the commentaries you did for TV squad were fucking hilarious. But these podcasts are loaded with extra funny. I'm loving this!..More please and Thank you

Having clawed my way far enough out of fevertown to think and speak (mostly) clearly, I decided to take advantage of the lull in construction next door and record this week's Memories of the Futurecast. Memories of the Future, Volume One, covers the first 13 episodes of TNG, so each week, I'm ...

From Paul and Storm's website: For decades, geeks were ostracized, picked on, laughed at and punished by the sun’s harmful UV rays. But there is only so long that a people can be kept down before they rise up against their oppressors; and, indeed, the dawn of the 21st century has seen the asc...

Those buttons ROCK!! I met your friend Rich at Comic Con last year and got myself a "Crush the Cook" BBQ appron. I talked with him about his Photoshop technique used in creating this cool 8 bit look. Really nice guy. Even offered me a Sierra Nevada. How cool is that?? Hella cool I'm say

A few months ago, a casting director needed to get a picture of me with my luxurious beard. Since I haven't had any headshots taken since I grew this magnificent beard, my son and I took my camera out onto the patio so he could take a quick picture that would be good enough for e-mailing on ...

Trying to think about something else for a moment ... When we shoot a TV show or a movie, we often have to cheat our looks closer or farther away from the camera during our closeups. Most of the time, the place we're supposed to look is marked with a piece of tape, like an orange X, for exampl...

Hey Wil,
Not sure if this helps but I'm reading "Just a Geek" for the second time and I just finished the part about when Anne (actually both of you) "Saved Ferris". The fact that she came around from being extremely depressed to being such a happy dog in such a short time is a testament to how much love you guys gave her and how lucky she was to become a part of the Wheaton Family. You guys did a wonderful thing and made what would surely have been a miserable existence for her into a great 8 years of life. Who knows how long she would have lasted if Anne didn't pick her up from that bus stop but I don't think it would have been 8 years. I'm sure you've already had this realization but I just wanted to make sure.
Hang in there!

I saw Ferris' empty dish last night when I fed Riley, and it unleashed an agonizing wave of sadness so overwhelming, I dropped to the floor in our living room and cried as hard and as long as I ever have in my life. After she was finished eating, Riley came over to me and sniffed at my face. Th...